Euboea
noun
a Greek island in the W Aegean Sea. 1,586 sq. mi. (4,110 sq. km). Chalcis.
Euboic
-
a word derived from
Euboea.
Example Sentences
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“And Lichas from the top of Œta threw Into th’ Euboic Sea.”
From Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art by H. A. (H?l?ne Adeline) Guerber
Or otherwise thus calculated in English money: According to Budæus, the Euboic talent is 56 Minæ 56 Minæ reduced to English money is 175l.
From The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians (Vol. 1 of 6) by Charles Rollin
These springs, strongly sulphurous, rise a short distance inland at several points, and at last pour steaming over the rocks, which they have yellowed with their deposit, into the Euboic Sea.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" by Various
So greatly was this dreaded by sailors that the principal line of traffic from the north of the Aegean to Athens used to pass by Chalcis and the Euboic Sea.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" by Various
One Euboic or Attic talent = sixty minae = six thousand drachmae = 243 pounds 15 shillings of our money.
From Hellenica by Henry Graham Dakyns
